IMAGES ANNUAL 2 The Golden Era of Pen & Ink Illustration1889-1922Our Highest Recommendation. This second b&w annual features 300 illustrations from 60 different artists and covers a wide range of techniques and media. Included is multi-page material on Norman Lindsay, A.B. Frost, Charles Dana Gibson, W.T. Benda, John D. Batten, Garth Jones, Blanche Greer, and W.R. Leigh. Also included are all 20 of T.S. Sullivant's rare 1896 series, Fables for the Times, and unpublished sections from a Sidney Sime sketchbook. JVJ, 2004. Out of Print....More.

The publisher has given us just 25 copies of Images #1-5, so act now. All other issues, #6-13, are now on clearance sale at just $9.95 each.

New on Sale

AL PARKER Illustrator, InnovatorCloseout Price!Highly Recommended. Edited by Manuel Auad. Introduction by Kit Parker. One of America's best known magazine illustrators from the 1940's to the 1960's, Al Parker was an innovator, a trend setter and a constant experimenter. This lavishly illustrated book covers every aspect of his career with authoritative articles, hundreds of incredible full color illustrations and rarely seen photographs. Each chapter describes his top work for every key American magazine, from fiction illustrations to advertising to covers. Auad, 2014...More.

Item Code: ALPAH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 208pg, Full Color
$44.95 $29.95

FRANK BRANGWYN The Way of the CrossLimited, 750! Our Highest Recommendation. By Frank Brangwyn. Originally printed in 1935 in a limited edition of 250, this new edition features 14 plates--reproduced from the original lithographic reproductions--of the fourteen stations of the cross. Brangwyn, 1867-1956, had an excellent eye for the divinity of the working man and the hardiness of humanity. This superbly produced portfolio, complete with a gorgeous hardcover box in maroon imitation leather, features all 14 large scale full page artworks printed by letterpress on custom 80lb stock.Oversized 11 x 14 inches. Auad, 2009...More.

Comic Book Archives & Strips

MONSTERS UNLEASHED PRELUDEHighly Recommended. By Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby. Years before Jack Kirby introduced the world to a new age of heroic Marvels, the King of comics terrorized it with an army of monsters -- each more incredible than the one before it! Now, in this collection of 13 stories, meet a menacing menagerie from Kirby's boundless imagination! Plus: five modern-day Marvel takes on Monsters, from Fearless Defenders, Marvel Zombies, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur and Totally Awsome Hulk. Includes the early sixtiesdebut of Groot. Marvel, 2017...More.

Item Code: MONUN
Soft Cover, 7x10, 264pg, Full Color
$34.99 $29.99

ALSO AVAILABLEMONSTERS Volume 1 The Marvel MonsterbusHighly Recommended. By Stan Lee and Larry Lieber. Art by Jack Kirby. From Groot to Fin Fang Foom, Marvel is proud to collect Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby's monster masterworks in two astonishing Omnibus volumes! Before they created Marvel's super heroes, they concocted a host of iconic monster menaces--page after page of action-packed classics, many hinting at the famous Marvel heroes and villains to come: Thorr the Unbelievable; a woolly, alien Hulk; the eight-foot-tall Magneto. These tales are the awe-inspiring crucible that created the Marvel Age of Comics! Marvel, 2017. Due May. ...More.

KA-ZAR Savage DawnCollects issues #1-5, 1981. By Bruce Jones. Art by Brent Anderson. A new world for the jungle lord! A hunt for his faithful four-legged friend Zabu takes Ka-Zar beyond the Savage Land...into the ancient paradise of Pangea! But from shining citadels to the lofty heights of the Aerie Shalahn, it's filled with newfound friends - and fresh dangers! Caught between bird-people and pterons, will Kevin Plunder plunge to his doom, or fi nd new love? One way or another, things are going to get complicated for him and Shanna. Because, just as Ka-Zar grapples with exactly what he wants, for some reason the so-called she-devil isn't quite herself. As Ka-Zar wrestles with his restlessness, the stakes become life and death! Savage tales from a series that is one of Marvel's hidden gems! Marvel, 2017...More.

BLOOD QUEEN OMNIBUSBy Troy Brownfield and Dan Wickline. Art by Fritz Casas et al. The reign of blood begins! Dynamite Entertainment presents the complete saga of the Blood Queen, a dark fantasy reimagining of the infamous historical figure, Countess Elizabeth Bathory. When the king's daughter suffers from a terrible and mysterious malady, Elizabeth -- a young woman of untold power -- is summoned to cure the ailment. Thus begins a journey that will uncover secrets, reveal forbidden desires, and stoke the fires of war! When the smoke clears, one woman may rise to power, ruling through fear and blood sacrifice... but power may prove fleeting, as the Prince of Darkness himself, Dracula, sets his fearsome gaze on her sinister beauty! Collects Blood Queen #1-6, the complete four-issue Blood Queen vs. Dracula series, and the Blood Queen 2014 Annual. Dynamite, 2017...More.

Item Code: BLQO
Soft Cover, 7x10, 304pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99

DONALD DUCK TIMELESS TALES Volume 2Collects issues #7-12. By Romano Scarpa, Giorgio Cavazzano, Luciano Bottaro et al. "Howlin' crashwagons!" IDW's Donald Duck comics come together in a collectors' hardback with more of what you want: more amazing epics by Romano Scarpa, Giorgio Cavazzano, and other great comics maestros; more danger for desperate Donald, and more bills for Uncle Scrooge McDuck, forever hauling his nephew's fat out of the fire! With extras for true Disney Comics aficionados, this collection provides hours of history and thrills. IDW, 2017...More.

HARLEY QUINN Volume 5 the Joker's Last Laugh (The New 52)Collects #22-25 & a special issue. By Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti. Mason Macabre is more than just Harley Quinn's neighbor in her new Coney Island digs—he just might be the man of her dreams. But to save his life, she'll have to face the clown of her nightmares! DC, 2017...More.

Item Code: HQU05
Soft Cover, 7x10, 144pg, Full Color
$16.99 $14.99

See our website for previous collections and all other things Harley, more GNs and statues.

THE COMPLETE CHESTER GOULD'S DICK TRACY Volume 21Dailies & Sundays, 1962-64. By Chester Gould. Dick Tracy leaps into the Space Age when Diet Smith's experimental Space Coupe brings back a visitor from outer space! Meet... Moon Maid, the most outrageous character in the strip's entire history. Prior to venturing where no detective has gone before, Tracy deals with some very earthbound-and gruesomely entertaining-adventures, including the use of napalm (!) to flush out a gang of crooks from their hideout. In these strips from August 27, 1962 through April 12, 1964 Tracy mixes it up with the criminal 52 Gang-each named for a card in the poker deck-who have found a novel way to dispose of the corpses of their enemies, Junior is smitten by a girl who literally wants him dead, Sparkle Plenty falls into the hands of crazed modern artists and their ape accomplice, and (six months before it happened in the "real world") a doctor has perfected heart transplant surgery-but in this case it's on unwilling victims! IDW, 2016...More.

Item Code: CC21H
Hard Cover, 11x9, 272pg, b&w
$44.99 $39.99

Volumes 2, 9, 15, 18-20 are all in stock now. All other volumes are available by special order, allow 3-4 weeks for delivery. See our website for all volumes.

H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds

SCARLET TRACES Volume 1: War of the WorldsFrom 2004-2005. Recommended. By Ian Edginton. Art by D'Israeli. The ground-breaking series is collected in the first of two volumes. Starting with their visionary adaptation of the original novel, this includes the first of three sequel stories set a decade after the Martian invasion. When the bodies of young women are found washed up on the banks of the Thames, Captain Robert Autumn, retired solider and adventurer, and his former Sergeant-Major Archie Currie are drawn into a mystery that leads them to the corridors of power and the Martian King! 2000 AD, 2017...More.

Item Code: COMST01
Soft Cover, 7X10, 144pg, Full Color
$19.99 $17.99

ALSO AVAILABLECLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #124 The War Of The WorldsCloseout Price!Highly Recommended. By H.G. Wells. Art by Lou Cameron. The deluxe hardcover edition of one of H. G. Wells' best science fiction tales, the first novel ever of a Martian invasion of Earth, and one of everyone's favorite CI issues, beautifully adapted and drawn by comic book veteran Lou Cameron and beautifully restored by the team of artists at Jack Lake Productions. This went through eleven printings, an all-time record. William B. Jones provides a fascinating inside look at its history and creation. Jack Lake, 2004...More.

ALSO AVAILABLEWAR OF THE WORLDS By Warwick GobleHighly Recommended. By H.G Wells. Illustrated by Warwick Goble. For the first time since their original publication in Pearson's Magazine, Warwick Goble's illustrations appear in this exquisite hardcover clothbound edition. Combining the magazine's original art with the revised text from the story's subsequent publication in book form, with more than fifty of Goble's black-and-white wash illustrations. Calla, 2015...More.

Graphic Novels & Comics Reference

RED ONE Volume 2 Undercover
By Xavier Dorison. Art by Terry Dodson and Rachel Dodson. Vera Yelnikov returns to finish her battle with the Carpenter, and then this elite Kremlin agent must carry out her mission of becoming the new darling of America by donning the costume of the superhero Red One!
Collects Red One #3-4 & bonus material in an oversized European-style hardcover.Image, 2017...More.

I really like this book, it's an unusual and gripping adventure, starring a beautiful and capable woman, and of course superbly illustrated by the one-and-only Terry Dodson. Its great to finally see the sequel. Both are in the European-style hardcover album format.

COMIC BOOK CREATOR #14 Kelley JonesRecommended. With Raina Telgemeier, Bob Kane, Sonny Liew, Drew Friedman et al. Spotlight on Kelley Jones! From the early years as inker at Marvel Comics to his rise to present-day greatness at DC depicting Batman, Deadman, and Swamp Thing, massively comprehensive interview chockful of rarely-seen artwork! Plus Will Murray examines the nefarious legacy of Batman co-creator Bob Kane in a feature-length investigation into tragic ghosts (artists and writers) and rapacious greed. They also look at Raina Telgemeier's comics for kids and her magnificent army of devotees. TwoMorrows, 2017...More.

Art Books & More

WORLD WAR II POSTERHighly Recommended. By David Pollack. Art by Artzybasheff, Barclay, Benton, Christy, Dorne, Flagg, Vernon Grant, N.C. Wyeth et al.. This book is a visual survey of 504 amazing posters printed by the U.S., the Allies, and the Axis, and offers an overview of the various categories of propaganda posters created in support of the war effort: recruiting, conservation, careless talk/anti-espionage, bond/fundraising, morale, and more. With posters from all combatants, here is a look at propaganda used as a tool by all parties in the conflict and how similar themes crossed national borders. Packed with great illustrators. Schiffer, 2017...More.

Item Code: WWPH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 352pg, Full Color
$50.00 $42.50

ALSO AVAILABLECARTOONS FOR VICTORY SignedSigned & limited print, 100! Highly Recommended. By Warren Bernard. Foreword by Bob Dole. Exclusive: Includes a print featuring two rare 1945 Will Eisner pieces, signed & numbered by the author. See how Superman, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse and others helped fight World War II via comic books and newspaper strips, cartoons, even ads. Showcases cartoonists such as Charles Addams, Harvey Kurtzman, Will Eisner, and many others. 90% of this has not been seen since first publication. Fantagraphics, 2015...More.

RETRO GLAMOURBy Mark Anthony Lacy. While candy-colored pinups may be popular with some, this is a collection of darker, sexy images that reflect the seductive, teasing side of the pinup genre. Seemingly ripped from the men's magazines of yesteryear, these photos are authentic down to the smallest detail as if they were actually taken decades ago--and with a wide variety of ladies, not every one svelte nor Caucasian. Bullet bras, seamed stockings, high heels, and even girdles bursting at the seams! Leave the cutesy stuff behind! Schiffer, 2017. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: REGLH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 160pg, Partial Color
$34.99 $31.99

There's no full nudity here, thus we're keeping it in this general section.

Warehouse Finds

KABUKI Circle of BloodWarehouse find, 1996. Kabuki, an operative of the Noh, a Japanese government policing agency, becomes deeply affected by the death of her mother and can only relate to the world through the security of a mask. Jim Steranko doesn't often write introductions, but he does here, for this popular new series (then) already nominated for a Kirby award, and widely praised by folks including artists Mike Grell and Marvel head Joe Quesada (their testimonials are on the back cover). Collects the very first six issues published by Caliber 1994-95. Caliber, 1996. Mature Readers. Note: Bumped corners....More.

Item Code: KACB
Soft Cover, 7X10, 272pg, b&w
$14.95

Just eight copies available.

THE COLLECTED STRANGERS IN PARADISE Volume 1 SignedSigned. Warehouse find, 1995. Signed! By Terry Moore. Contains: "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do," "Katchoo's Revenge," "Over My Dead Body," "Busted," "The Splits," "Sweet Dreams," "Sketchbook," "Where did you get the idea for Strangers in Paradise," and "Yee Ha, Ya'all." This was the first collection from the comic book series, just as it was taking off to become one of the most popular indie series ever done. It's fun to see it in its earliest days, and these were signed by Terry way back when it first came out. Note: Very slight scuffing to corners, that's why they got set aside. Bumped corners....More.

Item Code: CSTP01S
Soft Cover, 7x10, b&w
$10.00

Fifteen copies available.

See two more Warehouse Finds in Mature Readers.

Coming in February

Goblin Market - An Art Book by Omar RayyanOver 100 drawings and water color paintings. Signed! Highly Recommended. An illustrated book exploring the 19th century narrative poem written by Christina Rossetti.One of our favorite artists illustrates one of our favorite fantasy stories! Over 100 drawings and watercolor paintings packed into an 88 page full color book. 10x12 inches, hardcover with a printed dust jacket and an introduction written by the one and only Charles Vess. Illustrator Ruth Sanderson planted the idea in Rayyan's head when he was searching for a personal project to work on outside of his regular commercial work! Omar, 2017. Due Feb. ...More.

News
and Notes

Larry Lowery, the founder of the Big Little Book Club and the publisher of the Big Little Times, has passed away. Larry was also a professor emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley. He was affiliated with the Graduate School of Education for his research and with the Lawrence Hall of Science for his curriculum products. He wrote literally hundreds of books, including many childrens and educational books. In our world, his The Golden Age of Big Little Books remains the head-and-shoulders above the rest, best-book ever done on the subject.

We hope to be able to continue to offer this (we have just two in stock right now) if we can secure additional copies from his daughter, who is handling his estate. Unless someone steps in to maintain the club website and its products, including this book, I will try to keep it in print if I can work it out with the family. It’s produced as a print-on-demand book--full color and 460 pages of it!--just a few copies at a time. It has my highest recommendation.

Larry arranged for his complete--and I mean COMPLETE--Big Little Book collection to go to Hake’s Auctions. Larry was a good friend and a hard-working scholar, publishing the Big Little Times since 1983, and making available an amazing amount of data about all aspects of Big Little Books. At its peak, the club had 1400 members, each one assigned a number that corresponded to a Whitman BLB title. I already miss him.

Computer Issues Update
As I previously mentioned, we had a server crash on December 22. Although it’s taking us much more time to perform tasks by hand that were previously done electronically, we’re getting all orders out as usual. And we are bringing up a new software system to get all processes back up. For example, all customers have had to give us their full mailing information, which we used to have in their file, because that data was not available yet--we just got it and will have it online in the next few days.

The one major issue for us has been backorders--not regular orders, just advance orders for Coming Items and orders placed for out-of-stock items. These would have been placed by customers prior to December 22. Although we have these in data form, we’ve been unable to bring them up with all the correct payment information, shipping address, etc. so that we could send them out. So no items on backorder before December 22 were shipped. Now we have secured that data, so beginning January 19th, those backorders are being processed. We should have everything that's been received shipped in the next week or so.

I apologize for the delay with these. All the folks here, and two outside IT people, are working extremely hard to get us back up to speed.

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